The Omaha Film Festival (omahafilmfestival.org) may not start until March 7, but the party starts much sooner! The annual “OFF’scar Party,” which is held on Feb 26 at the Mastercraft Building (1111 N 13th St, suite 130), features a cash bar, food from The Brazen Head and hopefully lots of drunken conversations with people trying […]
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Building Community Through History
If you have ever participated in a neighborhood cleanup, donated to save a historic building in your area, or traveled to a city just to enjoy its history, you are a member of a specific group. You may not even know it. These are the acts of Local Preservationists. According to research from the National […]
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Sharp Noise
Rock writers are a lazy lot, prone to groupspeak and really only willing to chase a story to places that offer booze, BBQ or both. That’s why we’ll tell you that San Diego-bred indie rocker Crocodiles sound like Jesus & Mary Chain, the ’80s UK band that helped birth shoegaze. Or Echo & the Bunnymen, […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Feb. 23-Feb. 29
Neptune, the mystical ruler of Pisces, rules mysticism, inspiration, that which can’t be defined, illusion, confusion, delusion, the color purple, the number 9, and the “doorway” to/through the next level. If you can define it, it’s not Neptune. Last week was all about Neptune. Confused yet? Let’s take a mystical peak at this week. There […]
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Shopping in The Land of the Lost
by Tim McMahan Somehow I keep ending up at Crossroads Mall and its vast, lonely emptiness. Maybe it’s the memory of its once grand elegance that draws me in, a reminder that all things, no matter how wonderful, eventually come to an end. Crossroads seemed like perfect fodder for a column. But as I passed […]
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Pick: Rev. Horton Heat
Feb. 26 The Reverend Horton Heat w/ Larry & His Flask and the Goddamned Gallows The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 8 p.m., $20, onepercentproductions.com Jim Heath and his punked-up, psychobilly bandmates are well-known in these parts, having played tons of shows in town the last two decades. The Reverend has grown with his loyal […]
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Fantasticks Steam Punked
If the steampunk concept draws you to The Fantasticks at the Omaha Community Playhouse, well and good. It’s interesting and appealing. But it shouldn’t overshadow the more surprising accomplishment of director Carl Beck and his cast. They’ve given us far and away the best treatment of this record-setting 52-year-old musical that I’ve ever seen. And […]
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Sgt. Peffer’s Cafe Italiano an Omaha Staple
Over the years, pizza shops have pushed the limits of what a pizza can hold; from savory to sweet, the imagination for pizza toppings is seemingly endless. There are those of us who are traditionalists and require few items on a pizza to make us happy. A good crust, basic sauce and properly seasoned ingredients […]
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Stupid Human Tricks
Prepare for the polemic, a challenge to your beliefs. Some may find this list disagreeable but present-day perception is not its prism. Viewed through the perspective of time, it may become clear. Unless one can identify the problem, a solution is impossible. For their untold effects on health and wellness, we offer history’s Top Ten […]
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The Young and the Talented: Omaha’s Design Innovators
On the eve of international designer Bruce Mau’s keynote speech at this year’s Young Professional Summit, The Reader contacted almost two dozen senior designers, professional associations and organizations to find a sampling of the some of the best young design talent in Omaha. The six designers featured here have traveled the world to become among […]